<p>I am going to be a junior next year, and I am wondering what my chances are of going to UC Berekley EECS, MIT EECS, or Stanford CS</p>
<p>My stats:
SAT: 670 CR/ 760 M/ 670 CR (2100 total)
I am taking an SAT prep class and am expecting to get 2200 +
780 SAT math 2 (planning to retake to get an 800, and planning to take SAT chem)
200 on PSAT (took 6 months before SAT)
4.0 unweighted GPA
4.21 weighted GPA (4.0 freshman, 4.42 sophomore)
Taking 6 weighted next year, expecting no less than a 4.66 GPA
(I go to a super competitive 60% Asian school where the average SAT score is around an 1800, but I am probably ranked in the top 10% of my class) </p>
<p>EC's:
Tennis- ranked in top 300 in norcal in 16s (out of over 1200 who play in 16s), made school JV team freshman year, got cut sophomore year (long story!)
Soccer- recreational (I'm not sure if this counts)
Speech and Debate- Varsity in 4 events (congress, pufo, impromptu, policy), over 500 nfl points, very close to breaking at TOC bid national invitationals in spohomore year(harker, stanford, didnt break due to speaker points, expecting to break at least one of them next year), 1st alternate for state in congress, and did decently well in league tournaments and regional invitationals </p>
<p>Keeping in mind that I am asian indian, do i stand a chance of getting accpeted into MIT and Stanford at all, and how likely is it that i can get into Berkeley EECS (assuming that I get the 2200+ SAT, 800 Math 2, and 780+ Chem)</p>
<p>Well as you have probably heard, Stanford does not take SAT only into account… I would say u stand a decent chance, credited to ur multi cultural background! But your ECs are not very strong! But a good essay would help. I guess Im competing with you for Stanford Im from Iraq and scored 2050 on my 1st SAT, but my score is 1st in Iraq</p>
<p>“I would say u stand a decent chance, credited to ur multi cultural background!”
How does being an Indian living in America help me out at all? If anything, it should lower my chances
“But your ECs are not very strong!”
You’re from Iraq, so you probably don’t have the national forensics league in your country, but i spend practically every single weekend of mine during the school year at speech and debate tournaments/invitationals. When I’m not at those, I am at tennis tournaments. What exactly do you think good EC’s would be besides curing cancer, creating shelter in Africa, etc.
By the way, I have over 60 volunteer hours, I am a first degree black belt from a prestigious shotokan dojo (although i stopped karate when I moved in 8th grade and the closest shotokan dojo was 30 min away), and participate in my school’s CSF, Key club, Math club, and Science bowl (never done anything noteable in science or math clubs)
Anyway, if you’ve got the highest SAT score ever in Iraq (Im from Iraq and scored 2050 on my 1st SAT, but my score is 1st in Iraq), then that’s pretty good and you’ll have no trouble getting into an ivy league</p>
<p>The 2100 stands out when I look over it. That’s obviously not a bad score – it’s actually great – but these schools have people applying with much higher.</p>
<p>Bring that up to the 2250+, and I’d say you’ve got a good shot.</p>
<p>While you have a solid GPA, both your SAT score and extracurricular activities are lacking. Your SAT should be around 2250+ to be competitive for these schools. Additionally, you only have one EC that you actively participate in which is speech and debate. While depth over breadth is usually good when determining the strength of one’s extracurricular activities, i’m not quite sure if your speech and debate accomplishments are enough to compensate for a lack of breadth in the rest of your EC’s. Therefore, I feel that your overall chances to these schools are fairly low.</p>
<p>Berkeley EECS: low reach/reach
MIT: high reach
Stanford: high reach</p>
<p>ak5528, thanks for your response. you say that i only have 1 EC that i do consistently, so how many do you think are necessary to go to those schools? I would like to point out that while speech and debate is the only competitive event i do at school, i am also consistently playing tennis, and am ranked in top 300 in u16 boys in norcal. do you not agree that playing competition level tennis year round displays greater active participation than playing tennis for 2 months each year on the school team that can be heavily subjected to the bias of a coach?</p>
<p>I agree with the others 2250+ will make you more competitive with everyone else, esp being Indian. And your EC’s are good, but maybe do some more volunteering? And you won’t really be able to include your black belt unless you continue it in high school.</p>
<p>If you can push your SAT score past 2250, you have a great shot at getting into Berkeley. </p>
<p>MIT and Stanford are crapshoots (Stanford more so than MIT, imo). If you’re interested in EECS, you should get involved in extracurriculars relating to technology, math, science, etc.</p>
<p>Well you can talk about how being from india makes you have a different outlook on life
and your ECs are decent, but nothing unusual since your in a country that has the facilities.</p>
<p>I am from Iraq where there is practically nothing: no Olympiad, science fair, nor internships
Yet, I got an internship after 3 months searching for it. I also have been a magazine editor for 2 years.
I also volunteered to teach two summer schools, not to mention tutoring on weekends and free classes.
I have been head of academic, discipline and sport department throughout highschool(leadership)
I play basketball(Varsity) and volleyball(varsity) and soccer
I also joined a political campaign
I organized food charities and fund-raisers for 3 years</p>
<p>^That was essentially euphemism for your ECs are weak </p>
<p>Scores are fine, just demonstrate more passion through ECs… try to get a research internship or do something in compsci (help someone build/maintain a website, etc.)</p>
<p>So i ended up getting a 2340 on the SAT (800M/740 CR/800W) and a 228 on the PSAT, and am on track to get a 4.83 GPA junior year</p>
<p>@Alan91: I’m Indian but I live in the United States, just like thousands of other people who apply to these colleges, so I don’t see how being Indian and having a different outlook will help me out. And yes I agree that my EC’s suck </p>
<p>BUT, assuming that I have ZERO EC’s (which i don’t), what are my chances to get into Berkeley EECS with my scores and GPA?</p>
<p>Your high SAT that you obviously recently took, I think you have solid chances at Berkeley, even though others tend to disagree. However, you probably already know how unbelievably hard it is to get into Stanford and MIT and you have slim chances, but someone has to get in and who says it cant be you. Since you are a junior I believe, I think it would be a good idea to boost up your volunteering hours 100+. Also, your essays and/or interview can be factors as well. Anyway, good luck!</p>
Im from Iraq and scored 2050 on my 1st SAT, but my score is 1st in Iraq</p>